Cigar retainer and cutter.



No. 812,064. PATENTED FEB. e, 1906.

I s. P. MILLER.

CIGAR RETAINER AND CUTTER. APPLICATION 21mm MAR. 21, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed March 27, 1905. Serial No. 252,178.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cigar Retainers andCutters, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel retainer inwhich may be placed and retained the lighted end of a partially-smokedcigar that the latter may be put in the pocket whenever it is desired tostop smoking. The retainer has also connected with it a cutter to cutthe tip of a cigar preparatory to smoking the same.

Figure 1 in side elevation represents my improved retainer and cutter.Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the same, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section in the line 90, Fig. 2, showing a partially-smokedcigar as being held in the retainer.

For the production of my retainer I take a tube a, which may be of metalor any suitable material that will not burn, and connect with the same apair of jaws or clips I) under the control of a suitable actuatingdevice 0, shown as a ring slidable on the tube and surrounding the armsof the clips. The ends of the clips are represented as secured to thetube by rivets b. The tube is provided with a diaphragm or partition eat a suitable distance between its ends, said diaphragm closing the tubeso as to leave a space 6, in which may be inserted the lighted orburning end of a cigar, as represented in Fig. 3, the diaphragmpreventing any ashes or fire from escaping into the pocket through thetube. The diaphragm, as represented in Fig. 1, is shown as comprising acup 6 forced into the tube; but the tube and diaphragm might be of oneand the same piece. The tube at its end opposite that in which theburned end of the cigar is to be inserted and retained is shown asprovided with a hole f, in which may be inserted the tip of the cigar tobe smoked. This end of the retainer receives a cylindrical portion g,having a bayonet-slot 9, that receives a stud h, fixed to the tube. Thecylindrical portion 9 may be revolved somewhat in the end of the tube.Between the diaphragm e and the closed end g of the cylindrical portionI insert a spiral spring h. Normally the spring acts to move thecylindrical portion to the right, as represented in Fig. 3, so that thehooked portion of the bayonet-slot engages the pin it and limits theoutward movement of the cylindrical portion.

When it is desired to cut the tip of a cigar, the latter is inserted inthe hole f and the cylindrical portion g is moved to the left in thedrawings and the cutting edge h of the cylindrical portion (representedby dotted lines, Fig. 1) is made to cross the opening f and cut off thetip of the cigar.

When it is desired to remove the tips that are accumulated in theretainer, it is only necessary to. push the cylindrical portion inslightly and turn the same in the direction of the arrow thereon, Fi 2,until the open mouth of the bayonet-s ot comes opposite the pin, whenthe cylindrical portion may be withdrawn. I may have one or more of tese bayonet-slots, as desired.

The lighted end of a cigar partially smoked may be inserted in the openend of the tube, as represented in Fig. 3, when the clips are open, asrepresented in Fig. 1, and thereafter the actuator 0 may be moved onsaid tube to the left, as shown in the'drawings, into the position Fig.3, thus causing the clips to embrace the sides of the cigar and hold thesame securely in position.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an article as described, the combina,

tion of a cylindrical body open at the end, bayonet-slots in one endthereof, and a second cylinder closed at one end'and having studsthereon adapted to cooperate with the aforesaid bayonet-slots by whichmeans the two cylindrical portions may be detachably interlocked.

2. In a device as described, a cylindrical body portion open at bothends, and bayonetslots in one end thereof, a second cylindrical bodyclosed at one end and having studs adapted to cooperate with theaforesaid bayonet-slots, a diaphragm mounted within said first-namedcylindrical portion and a spiral spring inclosed between the saiddiaphragm and the said second cylindrical body whereby the twocylindrical bodies are held in separable interlocked relation.

3. In a device as described, a cylindrical body having a hole in oneside thereof for the insertion of a cigar-tip, and bayonet-slots in oneend thereof, a diaphragm within said cylindrical body, a secondcylindrical body adapted to be slidably mounted within said wheninserted in the hole aforesaid may be first-named cylindrical body andhaving studs cut off. on one end thereof adapted to engage the Intestimony whereof I have signed my aforesaid bayonet-slots and therebyto hold name to this specification in the presence of 5 thektvgocylindrical bodies in separable interd two subscribing Witnesses.

100 e relation andas irals rin inter ose between the aforesaid diapliragm and the SAMUEL MILLER second cylindrical body, the inner end of theWitnesses:

said second cylindricalbody constituting a GEO. W. GREGORY, 1ocutting-blade by which the ends of the cigar NORA H. COFFIN.

